Assistant Professor @dupadhku. Urban geographer. Runner. Former international racewalker. Canadian. Tea drinker. dog dad.

Joined July 2011
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New debates paper by @creighton88 and @kythreotisap explores urban green and blue space provision, which has been shown to have significance for #UrbanHealth and climate change mitigation/adaptation buff.ly/SM9ksWE #UrbanPlanning #resilience
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New debates paper by @creighton88 and @kythreotisap: Building back better through urban blue and green space? A critical review of post-pandemic urban planning and #ClimateGovernance buff.ly/SM9ksWE #GreenBlueSpace #ClimateChange
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Big congratulations to Professor Hyun Bang Shin (@urbancommune) from @LSEGeography and Emeritus Professor Hartley Dean from @LSESocialPolicy, who have been elected as @AcadSocSciences Fellows. 👏 lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-f…
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Glad to see this is finally out! Thanks to all the contributors
New #BookReview forum of Political Ecologies of Landscape: Governing Urban Transformations in Penang with Calvin Chung, @InvisibleMapper, Gwynn Jenkins, Alex Loftus and Jamie Wang, featuring an author response from @Creighton88 buff.ly/tmSitgD @BrisUniPress
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In thinking about global health governance in the wake of COVID-19, @MicheleAcuto says city diplomacy should play a more prominent and urgent role in the work of urban leaders, global health experts, and the foreign affairs community. thinkglobalhealth.org/articl…
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This could be relevant to some of you: Regenerating the Ngong River: A Journey of Riparian Planning, Renewal and Transformation | In-Situ Engagement Project 2025 iias.asia/events/regeneratin… #Nairobi @AsianStudies #ClimateResilience #Kenya

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Pleased to announce that I have been appointed as an Editor of @USJ_online until the end of 2026. Looking forward to working with the editorial team to further develop the journal, particularly in (South)East Asia. Please submit your work!
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New story map from my friends and colleagues @riniastuti and Keith Barney: ‘It’s Like Texas’: Variations on Informal (PETI) Gold Mining in Katingan Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. See here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories…
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New #BookReview forum on Pandemic Urbanism: Infectious Diseases on a Planet of Cities featuring an author response from S Harris Ali, @Creighton88 and Roger Keil @politybooks ow.ly/TWvb50UCI3C
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The journal Urban Political Ecology (Sage) has now launched: the journal's official website can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/home/up… and the inaugural editorial here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… #urbanpoliticalecology
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Democracy is dead in the age of social media and disinformation. #Elections2024
🚨 The cycle of democracy keeps turning.
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I reviewed Lively CIties: Reconfiguring Urban Ecology by @maanbarua for @theAAG Review of Books. The book is an intriguing provocation to think about cities from the perspectives of their nonhuman inhabitants. Read my review here: tandfonline.com/eprint/6HUEG…
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Very cool! Congrats to him :-)
16-year-old Hong Konger Yip Kai Cheng is the Pokémon GO 2024 World Champion. Yip defeated defeated Martijn Versteeg (NL) in the final to become Hong Kong's first Pokémon GO World Champion. The Pokémon World Championships took place in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi from August 16–18.
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The August 2024 issue (Volume 61, Issue 10) of #UrbanStudies is out now featuring papers and reviews by @WilliamWConroy, @hlee82, @samhalvorsen, @AAceska, @_CKoenig_, @CresswellTim, @saeedahmad04 and many more journals.sagepub.com/toc/usj…
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Watch the local launch of my book ‘Political Ecologies of Landscape: Governing Urban Transformations in Penang’ hosted by @PenangInstitute today here: youtube.com/live/QOCe2QwGihU…
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🇨🇦CANADA TO THE GOLD MEDAL GAME! Canada def. 🇦🇺 21-12 and are into the women's rugby 7s gold medal game v New Zealand at 1:45 pm ET. These Canadian women are giant killers. France in the QF, now Australia. Canada's first Olympic final after winning bronze at Rio 2016.
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Just watched “The biggest shock in the history of women’s rugby sevens” Canada beat Australia 21-12 to advance to the Olympic Final
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